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Old 06-11-2013, 03:23 PM
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Which Jane Darling are you after? Jane the aunt of Ernie or Jane who married a Roland?
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Old 06-11-2013, 03:33 PM
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Nice one, Coquet. A difficult headstone to interpret, Grays, Browns and Murray.

Lily Gray was the daughter of Charles W and Ann (granddaughter of Margaret Isabella (Brown)). Robert Darling married Ann Archbold in Embleton 1832.
Made those changes, nearly there?
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Old 06-11-2013, 03:40 PM
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Which Jane Darling are you after? Jane the aunt of Ernie or Jane who married a Roland?
The Aunt as on his service papers
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Old 06-11-2013, 03:49 PM
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I wonder if the other brothers had WW1 Service?

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Old 06-11-2013, 03:51 PM
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1911 census she's at 40 Marine Road, Amble, living on her own. (She died in 1918, I guess she'll be in the west cemetery?)
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Old 06-11-2013, 03:56 PM
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Just found her probate on Ancestry. She died 24 April at 42 Marine Road. Probate was granted to Thomas Darling, shoemaker and John Harrison, retired shipbuilder.

Now what's the connection with Mr Harrison. Here we go again

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Old 06-11-2013, 03:59 PM
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Got it.....he married Jane's sister, Rachel.
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ok, got her now!
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Just found her probate on Ancestry. She died 24 April at 42 Marine Road. Probate was granted to Thomas Darling, shoemaker and John Harrison, retired shipbuilder.

Now what's the connection with Mr Harrison. Here we go again
and then the other Murrays in the Amble AVL, there is another in the same RND Battalion, related? we could go on for months!

Have a cup of tea Janwhin, you've earned it.
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Old 06-11-2013, 04:20 PM
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I was taking tea on board as we were going The Murray in the same battalion was the one who started all this off. The surname is actually "Murrie", my mother's second cousin I think, David Bartholomew.

A sad story. His father died 3 years after he was born and his mother 4 years. In 1901 he was in Alnwick Workhouse, a pauper at 7 years old! In 1911 he was in Amble with his uncle's family.....working age.
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Old 06-11-2013, 04:36 PM
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Murrie was the name of the drapers in Queen Street, long established, the father, in my time, lived in the house on your left as you enter Eastgarth Avenue. His son and grandsons lived in Lindisfarne Road, just down from you janwhin.
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Old 06-11-2013, 05:18 PM
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Different batch of Murries Alan but I do remember the family, just a few doors down from us. I think their origins are Scottish. I also remember the shop, it was wonderful.....all those beautiful narrow drawers on the walls, glass display counters and at the back of the shop you took a step up into ladies clothes I think
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1911 census she's at 40 Marine Road, Amble, living on her own. (She died in 1918, I guess she'll be in the west cemetery?)

That Captain Edwin Darling, served in the Northumberland Artillery in war and awarded the Military Cross is also in Marine Road on the AVL. Don't think he is related to the Darlings above though.
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Old 06-11-2013, 09:25 PM
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These Darlings are doing my head in.....wasn't Captain Darling darling in Blackadder

And think again, Edwin and Norman were sons of Robert A Darling, yes brother of Jane and Margaret Isabella. He was a master mariner and harbour master at Tweedmouth for a time.
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Old 07-11-2013, 10:03 AM
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And think again, Edwin and Norman were sons of Robert A Darling, yes brother of Jane and Margaret Isabella. He was a master mariner and harbour master at Tweedmouth for a time.
oh no! we are going to have to change our site name to "Coquet and Darlings"!
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Old 07-11-2013, 10:01 PM
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Thomas Bain on the war memorial, killed on the Ottakar, his mother was Ann nee Darling, daughter of coastguard Robert (born Craster 1845).
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We haven't said anything about the Darlings recently so here's one about your Military Cross Darling. Newcastle Journal 19 May 1917:
"The Military Cross has been conferred upon Lieut. Darling, of Amble, for carrying out a successful reconnaissance in the German retreat. He and one of his men crossed the Somme ahead of the infantry, and reconnoitred a large tract of country which was supposed to be occupied by the enemy. Lieutenant Darling has been three times wounded, and is now in hospital in England."

NJ 24 May: "Lieut. Edwin Darling, of Amble, of the Royal Field Artillery, has received the Military Cross for successful reconnoitring work. He had one man with him, who was awarded the Military Medal. They crossed a river ahead of the infantry and reconnoitred a large tract of country supposed to be occupied by the enemy. The work was the means of saving much time to both cavalry and infantry. Lieut. Darling was gazetted from the Edinburgh University O.T.C. He fought with much gallantry in various engagements and was three times wounded. He is a native of Berwick, and was an analytical chemist at Edinburgh when the war broke out."

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Old 22-10-2015, 05:58 PM
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We haven't said anything about the Darlings recently so here's one about your Military Cross Darling. Newcastle Journal 19 May 1917:
"The Military Cross has been conferred upon Lieut. Darling, of Amble, for carrying out a successful reconnaissance in the German retreat. He and one of his men crossed the Somme ahead of the infantry, and reconnoitred a large tract of country which was supposed to be occupied by the enemy. Lieutenant Darling has been three times wounded, and is now in hospital in England."

NJ 24 May: "Lieut. Edwin Darling, of Amble, of the Royal Field Artillery, has received the Military Cross for successful reconnoitring work. He had one man with him, who was awarded the Military Medal. They crossed a river ahead of the infantry and reconnoitred a large tract of country supposed to be occupied by the enemy. The work was the means of saving much time to both cavalry and infantry. Lieut. Darling was gazetted from the Edinburgh University O.T.C. He fought with much gallantry in various engagements and was three times wounded. He is a native of Berwick, and was an analytical chemist at Edinburgh when the war broke out."

I came across some 'Darling' information in the Gazette a while back, added it to the new attempt at an order/decoration page:

http://www.fusilier.co.uk/great_war_...corations.html

locals dragging the reluctant hero into the picture hall again

Picture of the man is poor. (they all are to be honest) But you never know we might come across a better one some time.
There are a few typos in there I will get with the next update; but you can get the general idea. I blame the speech recognition software.
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Old 08-05-2016, 10:23 AM
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Default George Brown memorial hall

This was built in memory of George and Louisa Brown, the parents of Robert Brown who lived at Backfield house in Amble. Louisa was the daughter of David and Louisa Murrie the Drapers in Queen street. David did come from Scotland.
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Old 08-05-2016, 10:28 AM
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Default George Brown memorial hall

This was built in memory of George and Louisa Brown, the parents of Robert Brown who lived at Backfield house in Amble. Louisa was the daughter of David and Louisa Murrie the Drapers in Queen street. David did come from Scotland.
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